The Useful Knowledge podcast is all about big ideas and the people behind them. Each episode features a Member of the American Philosophical Society (APS) or one of the APS's grant and fellowship alumni, all sharing the significance and impact of their work across diverse fields. Join host Patrick Spero, CEO of the APS, in conversation with guests on topics spanning science, history, the arts, and beyond, and see how knowledge of any kind can spark curiosity, solve problems, and enrich the world. 

Created for the occasion of the American Philosophical Society's 275th Anniversary, this podcast asked APS Members and scholars to reflect on important talks delivered at the Society's biannual meetings.

Tune in to The Heard Island Experiment, a special podcast series with APS CEO Patrick Spero, to learn about the development of a new technology that could improve the world, a grand scientific adventure to prove it could work, and its unexpected and turbulent legacy.